Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are my Best Friend. You are All-knowing. You are the One who unites us with Yourself.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we praise You. You have no end or limitation.
Death does not reach that place where the Infinite Word of the Guru's Shabad resounds.
The Best Friend who is also All-knowing: these seem to conflict in human relationships — friends don't know everything about us; omniscience feels more like surveillance than friendship. But the divine combination is different: the one who knows everything about you and is still your Best Friend.
'Death does not reach that place where the Infinite Word resounds' — the Shabad as protective space. Where the Shabad genuinely resonates, death's jurisdiction ends. Not because death is afraid of the Shabad, but because the space the Shabad creates is outside the space death operates in.
Have you ever been fully known by someone — no hiding, no pretense — and loved anyway? What was that experience like?
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